Improvement in gri nding-m ills



S. T. EOK. Grinding Mill. No. 104,946. Patented July 5, 1870.

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N4 PETERS. IPNOTO LITHOGRAPH ER. WASHINGTON. D c.

UNITED STATES} PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL T. EOK, OF TANEYTQWN, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRINDING-MILLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [0 1,946, dated Julyii,1870.

To all whom it may concern".- v

Be it known that I, SAMUEL '1. EcK, of Taneytown, in the county ofCarroll and State of Maryland, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Grinding -.Mills; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification,

My invention relates to means for discharging the ground grain from thespace between the curb and the rim of' the millstone; and it consists inthe application of scrapers attached to the periphery of a rotatingwheel.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation through the curb and the floor,showing the application of a wheel driven by gearing from below thefloor.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

As at present arranged, the ground substance issuing from the stone mustbe worked around from the place of issue to the discharge-spout A by thefrictional contact of the skirt of the Having thus described all'that isnecessary I to a clear understanding of my invention, what I claim asnew, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the stones and curbof a grain-mill, of wheel 13and scraper F, ar-

ranged and operating together as set forth.

SAMUEL T. EOK. Witnesses:

JOHN MCKELLIP, XVM. N. CURRnNs.

